Chapter 768: I Told You Long Ago About the Twist

In *Peerless*, the entire counterfeit money gang is incredibly strict.

To make the best super dollars, they put in who knows how much effort just into the 【Master Plate】!

What kind of "craftsmanship spirit" is this?

And in the process of making the Master Plate, Li Wen and Xin Shu became increasingly familiar with each other.

He even asked Xin Shu if it was true that Wu Fusheng said his family had been making counterfeit money for three generations, that they were a counterfeit-making family, and that no one had ever been caught.

Xin Shu indicated that it was true, because their whole family followed the rules of the trade, never spent the counterfeit money they made, and were airtight with their clients; people like them were as if they didn't exist.

Xin Shu praised Li Wen for his good work.

Li Wen then stated that they were using a Letterpress Printing Machine, which experts could recognize at a glance, and that they needed an Intaglio Printing Machine.

Xu Jinzhu and Xiao Cai only thought: "This movie is really 'criminal'—are the details explained this thoroughly?"

At this moment, the resourceful Wu Fusheng didn't know who he had called, but he actually found a way to get an Intaglio Printing Machine!

Immediately after, he found the Acid-free paper!

In the entire Cinema, everyone was watching the movie with rapt attention, afraid of missing a single detail.

It's absurd; they are clearly committing crimes, yet watching them overcome difficulties step by step is incredibly addictive!

These days, people will watch anything on a Live Broadcast online.

People watch live streams of sleeping, people watch live streams of beachcombing, people watch live streams of fishing, people watch live streams of carpet cleaning...

Now, it's like they are live-streaming the making of counterfeit money for you!

It would be strange if everyone wasn't interested!

One seemingly impossible task after another is being conquered.

One really must offer a compliment: hard work pays off, and where there is a will, there is a way!

If... they weren't committing a Crime, this feeling of a difficult startup would actually be quite moving!

In the movie, the scene cuts back from the flashback to the interrogation room.

Ruan Wen sits to the side and says to Li Wen: "It seems... that Painter has had a huge influence on you. If it weren't for him, we wouldn't have ended up in this situation today."

"It looks like you will never be able to get rid of him, which means we are destined to be a tragedy."

Li Wen looks up and says: "No, I promise."

"Why make a promise to me? In your Drama, I am just a supporting character," Ruan Wen says.

"You are the person I love most; I already wrote that very clearly in the letter!" Li Wen replies.

Watching this part of the plot, Xiao Cai understands in her heart: "So, the letter that was sent out after drawing a stamp with a fish bone in prison was for Ruan Wen."

However, she also sensitively perceives that this dialogue looks strange and feels very stiff.

Although Ruan Wen did not appear many times in Li Wen's memories, she was undoubtedly his true love.

Why did the meaning of what she said sound like she had been neglected, as if she were insignificant?

It was not until Li Wen mentioned the letter that her emotions calmed down again.

This point is also a bit eerie.

"So, this Ruan Wen doesn't believe he loves her?"

"But you can clearly feel it in the story."

Xiao Cai keeps a Heart Eye.

Her intuition tells her that there is a hidden mystery here!

Just like that, Wu Fusheng's team began mass-producing counterfeit money.

"In a way, they are actually making real money," Xu Jinzhu thinks to himself.

Except... the issuer has a problem.

Even the people in the gang joke during their break: "I have my eye on a Ferrari; it's only five million or so."

—"Only five million or so."

I have to say, in such a large Cinema, watching the banknotes being printed at an extremely fast speed on the huge screen, the visual impact is still very strong, and it is very satisfying to watch.

Immediately after, they ship the goods all over the world.

Among the people buying counterfeit money, there are all kinds of real professions.

While this opens Xu Jinzhu's eyes, he feels more and more that this movie is very "criminal."

"Good heavens, they are telling the audience friends the source of their customers directly."

It is as if the Evil is whispering: "See that? Remember it well! If you can make it too, remember to sell it to these people!"

What's awesome is that the super dollars they make can pass through money detectors.

"They are really cautious; they can actually refrain from spending the money they made themselves and only sell it," Xu Jinzhu laments in his heart.

Now, for this counterfeit money gang, the only difficulty is that the previous Color-shifting ink was stolen and will run out sooner or later.

Li Wen says he will find a way to develop his own Color-shifting ink!

Who would have thought he actually succeeded!

The ink accidentally spills on the glass, almost annoying the customer.

After seeing the guest off, Wu Fusheng says in great Anger: "What kind of fit are you throwing? Do you know who he is?"

Li Wen says nothing, but shakes the chandelier.

The next moment, amidst the passionate background music, the ink on the glass actually begins to change color!

At this moment, Xu Jinzhu actually thinks: "It feels so satisfying to watch!"

"He succeeded! Oh yeah! He succeeded!"

Am I actually congratulating him?

This movie is just fucking absurd!

Yet in the memories Li Wen recounted, he seemed like a thoroughly good person.

He worked so painstakingly to develop the Color-shifting ink just because he didn't want Wu Fusheng to kill people, didn't want him to go rob the Color-shifting ink.

Wu Fusheng didn't treat him poorly either, saying: "I used your name to buy a vacation hotel."

"Once this transaction is complete, I see you have enough money to paint with Miss Ruan for a lifetime."

"It's time to find her," Wu Fusheng said, looking at Li Wen.

Amidst the sentimental background music, Xu Jinzhu and Xiao Cai tacitly thought in their hearts: "I don't believe it for a ten-thousandth!"

Set! Give me all the flags and set them up!

Make them all like the old General on the stage, with their backs full of flags stuck in!

But what's even more absurd is that there are fujoshi in the Cinema shipping the CP of Wu Fusheng and Li Wen.

"From now on, you don't need to go rob ink anymore, I'll make it for you!"

"What a beautiful Romance this is!"

"The overbearing Inheritance holder and his delicate little Painter?"

The development of the story was indeed as Xu Jinzhu and Xiao Cai had expected.

This time, the transaction went wrong!

A gunfight was imminent!

In this chaotic battle, Li Wen saved a woman.

In his narrative, for the entire year that followed, they were all recuperating.

That woman saved by Li Wen was named Xiu Qing.

Her face had been disfigured by fire, but it was repaired at great expense during that year.

Wu Fusheng even gave her a passport and said: "From now on, you are called Ruan Wen."

From the moment this person appeared in the movie until now, he has always been the kind of madman who acts on a whim.

Therefore, doing something like this is not surprising at all.

The scene cuts; this Xiu Qing undoubtedly likes Li Wen.

She stood before Ruan Wen's portrait and said: "I Finally Understand, understand why you never even look at me."

This time, they came to see Ruan Wen's art exhibition again.

And they learned a piece of news: Ruan Wen was going to marry the art dealer Luo Wen.

As the story progressed, Wu Fusheng's cruel side was also revealed.

Xin Shu had always worked for his family, but upon discovering that Xin Shu had broken the rules and used counterfeit bills he had made himself, he was extremely filled with Anger.

Xin Shu kowtowed incessantly: "Young Master, I was wrong, I broke the rules, I beg you, for the sake of your old man..."

This was a road paved with gravel, and he just kept kowtowing hard, kowtowing hard, until his head was broken and bleeding.

But Wu Fusheng still killed him without the slightest hesitation.

Later, he even made a Requirement for Li Wen to shoot and kill Ruan Wen's husband, Luo Wen.

"As long as you kill him, Miss Ruan will be yours."

Yet Li Wen dared not do it no matter what.

Finally, it wasn't until Wu Fusheng posed a threat to Ruan Wen that he dared to open fire on Wu Fusheng, severely wounding him, and ran out together with Xiu Qing.

Xiu Qing kept persuading Li Wen to just stay here with her.

But Li Wen still insisted on going to find Ruan Wen, because he felt that the Painter Wu Fusheng would absolutely not let Ruan Wen go.

As a result, he was caught by the Thai police while buying a plane ticket.

Because he had used counterfeit bills!

This was equivalent to returning to the scene at the very beginning of the movie, where Li Wen was locked in prison until he was taken away by the Hong Kong police.

Seeing this, Xiao Cai frowned.

Xu Jinzhu also felt that something was very wrong here.

He couldn't help but mutter: "With bills that are indistinguishable from the real thing, there's no reason for him to be caught on the spot when he uses them."

In an instant, who could tell the difference between real bills and fake bills!

Even if he were to be caught, it couldn't be at this time!

Xiao Cai undoubtedly heard Xu Jinzhu's self-talk and couldn't help but turn her head to look at this "Six-point Luo Mo" little handsome guy sitting beside her.

Xu Jinzhu noticed the gaze of this JK Uniform beautiful girl beside him, so he met her eyes.

Xiao Cai met his gaze and said a bit shyly: "That... I think so too."

"Hmm... cough."

Two strangers, they didn't continue chatting because of this, still feeling a bit awkward.

In the movie, Li Wen brought out the portraits of Wu Fusheng and Xiu Qing.

The policewoman took the two portraits to ask Ruan Wen.

As soon as Ruan Wen saw Wu Fusheng's portrait, she said: "Never seen him."

And when seeing Xiu Qing's portrait, her expression was clearly a bit off, but she still indicated: "Never seen her."

Xiao Cai immediately captured this detail, half unintentionally and half intentionally, and said to herself in a very soft voice: "Her expression is off."

Many audience members noticed this detail, and Xu Jinzhu was the same.

It's just that Xu Jinzhu's guess now is this:

He whispered: "She has definitely seen Xiu Qing!"

The two strangers just chatted a bit more about the movie like this.

The policewoman then asked Ruan Wen why she wanted to help Li Wen, given that the death of her fiancé Luo Wen also had something to do with him, just because they used to be together?

Do you love your fiancé? Or is it that Li Wen is nothing more than a Body Double you found?

Upon hearing the words "Body Double," Ruan Wen's emotions were clearly not right!

In the movie, after Li Wen handed over the portrait of the Painter, he was successfully released on bail by Ruan Wen just like that.

In the hotel, once they entered the room, the feeling that Li Wen gave off seemed to have undergone a subtle change.

He seemed not so weak anymore.

The two stood before the one-way glass, and Li Wen said, "I thought you wouldn't come."

"Do you think I could refuse you?" Ruan Wen said.

This dialogue also revealed a slight sense of something being wrong.

Li Wen turned his head to look at Ruan Wen.

He seemed to have truly changed.

Before, he was so cowardly, but now he boldly walked behind Ruan Wen, hugged her directly, and said in Ruan Wen's ear, "Thank you."

Immediately after, he gently touched Ruan Wen's earlobe.

Her body shuddered instantly, and then she began to struggle.

The two stood like this before the hotel's one-way glass; Li Wen, while saying "I'm sorry, it's me who is sorry, sorry to you," held her tighter and kept kissing her.

From her earlobe, to her cheek, and then to her neck.

After Ruan Wen shed tears, she turned around and kissed him.

The two were passionately kissing like this before the hotel's one-way glass.

What was even more outrageous was that Ruan Wen was even more passionate and intense than Li Wen!

Originally, neither Xu Jinzhu nor Xiao Cai would have felt embarrassed because of just this little bit of acting.

Everyone is an adult, after all; being a little erotic is fine.

But for some reason, watching it together at this moment, both of them felt a slight bit of awkwardness.

Just because of the few sentences they chatted about earlier?

Dawn broke, and a shocking Drama appeared.

The Painter, Wu Fusheng, actually appeared at the police station wearing a police uniform!

He really was here to destroy this place!

But he seemed not to know that Li Wen had already been released on bail, and had even drawn him.

In the end, Wu Fusheng was successfully subdued.

The biggest Reversal of the entire movie appeared at this moment.

They didn't subdue Wu Fusheng, or rather, Wu Fusheng didn't exist at all!

After verifying the police badge number, this person was a real, bona fide police officer!

Everything was made up by Li Wen!

He is the Painter!

He is the Painter!

As for Li Wen and Ruan Wen, who should have been in the hotel, they had long since vanished without a trace at this moment.

Even the person who came to bail him out was not Ruan Wen at all!

Ruan Wen was not in Hong Kong at all!

That was... Xiu Qing, who had a face exactly the same as Ruan Wen's after her face was disfigured!

In an instant, Xiao Cai shuddered violently!

All the places that felt wrong before now suddenly made sense.

Including all the strange conversations between him and Ruan Wen!

On a yacht at sea, Ruan Wen... no, it was Xiu Qing, she slowly unfolded the letter Li Wen had written to her.

The letter was actually a painting, a painting of Xiu Qing's former face!

He relied on this to get Xiu Qing to save him.

And the real story was that Xiu Qing found out she was nothing more than a Body Double for Ruan Wen, so she kidnapped Ruan Wen and Luo Wen, and then this gang had an internal conflict, leading to a gunfight.

Xu Jinzhu and Xiao Cai also instantly understood why Li Wen was arrested when buying a plane ticket.

Even though the counterfeit money was so realistic it could pass for the real thing, it was impossible for it to be identified so quickly.

Because it was Xiu Qing who reported him! She didn't want him to go find Ruan Wen!

The scenes from the memories described by Li Wen surfaced before the audience's eyes once again.

Only this time, the protagonist in the story was no longer Wu Fusheng, but Li Wen!

Everyone had clearly been captivated by the major villain played by Xu Gangsheng at the beginning, feeling that he was extremely charismatic and gave people a complex feeling.

But at this moment, after the person doing these things became Hua Jiaqun, everyone realized that Hua Jiaqun, who played Li Wen, had acting skills that were just as impressive!

His entire temperament had changed, completely different from the weak and incompetent Li Wen from before!

In his story, after Xin Shu was shot dead by the Painter, he broke down and cried.

But in reality?

It was him shouting "Rules are rules," and then shooting Xin Shu dead with one shot!

Li Wen had just made up a story on the spot to facilitate his own escape and distance himself from it.

"No wonder it's called Peerless!" Xu Jinzhu couldn't help but slap the table in admiration!

He felt that the movie title his brother-in-law chose was truly Ox!

At the same time, it is also far too audacious!

At the beginning, the audience very naturally assumed that the meaning of this name was: technique Peerless under heaven!

But what about now?

——The answer to the riddle is right there on the surface!

Luo Mo had already told you the answer in the movie title, had already told you the biggest secret of the film.

The Painter is Li Wen, and Li Wen is the Painter.

There were never two people; it has always been just one person!

——Peerless!

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